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February 08, 2010

PUZZLE #184

ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY] 
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PROGRAM: [Java]

PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]

Heroic game last night. The Saints displayed stones the size of Eurasia yesterday. An onside kick to start the half? WTF? Drew Brees: wow. What can you say? Definitely he takes over for Bledsoe atop the list of "Best QBs with the first name 'Drew.'" And yeah, okay, Peyton Manning is good, great even. But let's face it, he sucks on the big stage. His .500 record in the post-season speaks volumes. Can we just cut it out with the Greatest of All Time diatribe argument? He wasn't even the best QB of the decade (that'd be Tom F. Brady, thank you).

Okay, enough sports.

I just took a quick look at the calendar and saw the friggin' ACPT is next week? Holy mackerel. Where'd the time go? Looks like Valentine's Day is this week too. (Note to self: don't forget Valentine's Day.) You're all coimng right? No, silly. To the ACPT, not to my Valentine's Day date night. Roll call for the ACPT in the comments section, please. I think these next couple posts I shall be delving a little about the Tournament, so look for something a little more, oh, I dunno, evocative Wednesday => on.

Share the puzzle. New one on Wednesday.

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